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David Pfeffer Featured in Commercial Observer Article on Higher Education Development Event

Construction Group chair David Pfeffer was featured in a Commercial Observer article that highlighted the speakers at the April 5 Commercial Observer’s Development University Conference on higher education. The event featured speakers from top construction and engineering firms, as well as universities in the New York metropolitan region. David moderated a panel at the conference, "Higher Education Development in the Public Sector,” which included speakers Gerrard Bushell of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Lachlan Squair of the State University of New York Construction Fund and Aaron Aska of New Jersey City University. The article noted the panel’s highlights, including a discussion of LEED certification and the benefits of using public-private partnerships (PPP), which is when public schools make partnership deals with private development companies. Click here to read the full article.